French Submarine Phenix Lost With All Hands Near Cam Ranh
French authorities confirm 71 officers and sailors perished when the submarine Phenix disappeared off Cam Ranh bay during exercises with Lamotte-Picquet. With air supply exhausted after 24 hours of fruitless searching, officials formed a commission to determine the cause as flags hung at half mast and the city mourned.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Phenix
Camranh
Cam-Ranh
Espoir
Man Arrested Here In April Denied Freedom
Julius Debs Hodges, jailed on a kidnapping charge involving his 6-year-old daughter, was denied a writ of habeas corpus by Circuit Judge Harry N. Sandler. The judge ruled the divorce decree stripped Hodges of the right to custody, upholding the law as applicable to domestic relations.
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Tampa
Fla
Julius Debs Hodges
Harry N. Sandler
Hodges
Sandler
Apr
New Lead Sought in Kidnapping of 10-Week-Old Baby
Fremont Ohio June 17 lie detector tests sharpen the hunt for the slaying of 10 week old Haldon Buster Fink as the family prepares to bury the infant near Clyde. Prosecutor A L Hyzer says I’ve got one hot lead and will test several psychograph questioned persons again. Rich Robbins, 24, friend of Velma Baker Fink, was questioned in a surprise move. Hyzer says Robbins definitely is not the killer.
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Fremont
Haldon
Buster” Fink
Clyde
A. L. Hyzer
Hyzer
Rich Robbins
Velma Baker Fink
Robbins
Return of the Cisco Kid at Strand and Jesse James at Dixie
The Grafton Sentinel invites Nellie Tucker of 219 Grand Street to tonight's theatre presentation. The Strand shows The Return of the Cisco Kid with Lynn Barr while the Dixie screens Jesse James starring Tyrone Power. Identification may be required.
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The
Grafton Sentinel
Nellie Tucker
Grand Street
Cisco Kid
Lynn Barr
Strand Theatre
Jesse James
Tyrone Power
Dixie Theatre
House finalizes large relief bill under wartime limits
Washington report of June 7 outlines a wide relief bill granting 1.735 billion dollars for the coming year, ending a 14 hour session. The House approved by 373 to 21, with nine Democrats and twelve Republicans voting no, and sent the measure to the Senate amid party maneuvering on WPA controls and project funding.
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Reg Ingraham Washington
House
Bankhead
Senate
Administration
Rep. Starnes
D-Ala
PWA
Roosevelt
WPA
Rep. Rayburn
Texas
Refugee Ship Reaches Antwerp Haven Today
Refugee Germans aboard the liner St Louis reach Antwerp after a fruitless voyage to Cuba. They report forming an anti death by own action committee to guard decks from despondent passengers. Of 907 Jews who left Hamburg May 15 for Cuba, only one died by suicide in Havana after Cuba denial. Over 200 formed a mass suicide pact rather than return to Germany.
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Antwerp
St. Louis
Cuba
Hamburg
Havana
Germany
Eccles Wants More Lending
Washington June 17 Belief grows that President Roosevelt will propose to Congress a federal lending program to stimulate business. Martinger S Eccles, a leading financial advisor and former Utah banker now on the Federal Reserve Board, strongly advocates such outlays. Continued on Page Four.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Martinger S. Eccles
Eccles
Utah
Federal Reserve Board
Branding Probe at Local High School
Baltimore June 17 The school board appointed a special committee to hear a student branding case involving Melvin Bridge 14 who says he was marked with an H by peers at Gwynn's Falls Junior High School. The grand jury refused to continue its probe, but the board remains determined to press the investigation.
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Baltimore
Forrest Bramble
Gwynn's Falls Junior High School
Melvin Bridge
Garner Plans Return Home After Fiscal Legislation
Vice President Garner plans to return to Uvalde Texas in early July as debate over neutrality bills and Congress’s session continues. Friends say he will leave once taxes and appropriations are resolved, and he dislikes the arms embargo repeal proposal but will not press views on Senate members.
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Washington
Garner
Uvalde
Texas
Senate
Coal Prices Stir Mixed Reactions Across Appalachia
Rates proposed by the Bituminous Coal commission for the Appalachian area range from 1.1 to 3.95 per ton for coal at mines with slack coal at the low end and lump coal at the high end. The schedule, to be published after a 30 day hearing, covers Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia Ohio West Virginia and parts of Kentucky Tennessee and Michigan. Dayton notes a six day period of meter collections totaling 92.30, the strongest in months. The report also notes the death of David Burns in San Francisco and mentions his connection to Huntington W V as a former president. Survivors include sister Mrs Walter Hallanan of Charleston W Va.
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Washington
W. Va
Walter Hallanan
Charleston
Appalachia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Ohio
West, Virginia
Jeastern Kenucky
Tennessee
Michigan
Mass killer guillotined in Versailles
Eugene Weidman, a 31 year old mass murderer linked to the Brooklyn dancer Jean Dekoven and five others, faced the guillotine in Versailles this morning. Witnesses say he faltered as the blade dropped, while the aging headsman and others steadied the execution.
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Versailles
France
Eugene Weidman
Brooklyn
Jean Dekoven
Leopold” Desfourneaux
Renew Search For Boys Lost Four Days
Elk Mountain Wyoming June 17 before dawn today 250 men renewed their hunt for two small boys who wandered from their parents fishing camp Wednesday. They held little hope of finding Charles Hixon 4 and his brother Harold 6 alive after four days exposure, spurred by blue denim cloth fragment snagged on a bush.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
Chares Hixon
Harold
Transatlantic Flight Begins A Pan American Preview
New York on June 17 thirty persons largest ever to depart on a trans Atlantic flight head for Europe on a Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper preview flight. News teams will ride the four motor Clipper en route as regular service nears launch in ten days. The craft carries 18 passengers and 12 crew with takeoff around early afternoon.
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New York
Europe
Pan-American Airways
W. D. Cal
Fear Of Unemployment Leads Man To Murder
In Solvay New York on June 17 Boleslaw Waszkiewicz a 45 year old steel plant worker confessed to murdering his wife Sabina and two of their children Chester 18 Leonard 9 with a clothesline claiming fear of losing his job and the impact on his family led to the killings He was jailed in Onondaga County facing first degree murder charges after he told police Ive just murdered my family.
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Solvay
N. Y
Boleslaw Waszkiewicz
Onondaga County
William E. Bowers
Husky
Thomas Brock
Wasek-iewicz
Brock
Sabina Waszkiewicz
Chester
Leonard
Waszkiewicz
Differences of Opinion Expressed By Coal Operators
Charleston June 17 Operators in West Virginia coal fields express mixed views on proposed minimum prices from the Bituminous Coal Commission for the Appalachian area. Some cheer a quick establishment, others say the rates are too high or too low. The commission pegs production costs at 2.126 dollars per ton and says the plan should add about 20 cents per ton over prior levels.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Bitumiious Coal Commission
Commission
Gunfire outside Simpson leads to felonious assault charge
John N. Fronsman 31 of Simpson faces grand jury after a drunken disturbance near Tony Mustachio's. A struggle over a shotgun left Joe Tiano with severe burns when a shot discharged under Tiano's arm. Fronsman jailed by State Police. Tiano treated and sent home. Bond set at $1,000.
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Simpson
John N. Fronsman
Justice of the Peace
John Marks
Flemington
Joe Tiano
Fronsman
Tony Mustachio
Tiana
Strader
Randall
Grafton
Tiano
Out
Heat Forces Reopening Of Rivers To Swimmers
Pittsburgh health officials lifted a two day ban on swimming in the Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio as temperatures and humidity rose. Tests showed all three rivers clean and river pools will reopen Monday with guards on duty after prior pollution concerns.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio
I. Hope Alexander
George E. A. Fairley
Tientsin Tensions Rise as Blockade Enters Fourth Day
Associated Press reports fresh incidents in China intensifying British Japanese strains. In Tientsin Japanese forces blockaded British and French concessions as food prices soar and a British reporter is arrested after a dispute with a Chinese officer. In Shanghai a skirmish near a closed police station within the British sector raised further friction.
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Associated Press
China
Tientsin
G. A. Smith
Shanghai
Alderman Case Recesses With Plaintiff On Stand
In Los Angeles a trial over Alma Alderman's 150000 love theft suit against Ruth Etting recessed for the weekend with Myrl Alderman, Etting's rival ex-husband's wife, still under cross examination after two days on and off the stand. In London the British cabinet paused weekend recesses to monitor the North China crisis as Japanese actions near Tientsin threaten British interests.
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Los Angeles
Alma Alderman
Ruth Etting
Miss Etting
Myrl~ Alderman
London
H¢R
Tientsin
China
Hint of Sabotage in French Press After Tragedy
Paris reports whisper of sabotage as the nation mourns the disappearance of the 2000 ton submarine Phenix with 71 crew off Indo China coast. Newspapers question if the three democracies losing subs in a month signals a pattern while I Humannite cites suspicion and links to a Paris liner fire.
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Paris
Phenix
Indo
China
I'Humanite
United States
Great Britain
France
le Have
Leslie and Dooman discuss Tientsin dispute in Tokyo
In Tokyo on June 17, British ambassador Sir Robert Leslie Craigie and American charge d affaires Eugene Dooman discussed the Tientsin dispute. No pending U.S. action was indicated. Authorities said five key Japanese cabinet ministers agreed yesterday that the affair should not be treated as an isolated incident.
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Tokyo
Robert Leslie Craigie
Eugene Dooman
Tientsin
United States
Ohio penitentiary warden resigns amid reinstatement row
James C. Woodard, warden of Ohio penitentiary, abruptly resigned after a long service period. Welfare Director Charles Sherwood accepted his resignation and granted leave through Sept 1, 1939. The move followed civil service charges and linked to prior administrative firings and reshuffles in Columbus.
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Columbus
James C. Woodard
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Sherwood
Woodard
Tere L. Davey
E. Thomas
W. Bricker
Leame
Faith
Emmons
Carl Smith
Sista Civil
Aeave
Thomas
Civil Service
Col
W. J. Waller
Inwen
Coenen Bo
Plot to kill King Carol shocks Bucharest
Police report a conspiracy to assassinate King Carol of Romania. Six men arrested for stockpiling grenades are identified as members of the outlawed Iron Guard. Premier Artand Callnescit and other government figures are said to be targeted as investigators widen the probe.
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Bucharest
Carol
Iron Guard
Artand Callnescit
Toeign
Grigore Gaf
Gove
Tron
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Dixie
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King George
Halifax
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England
Will Press Investigation High School Branding
Mass
Eugene Weidmann
Blade
Coal
Justice Marks
Far East
Blocade
Leslie
Dooman
Andrews Methodist Church
Sherwood
Torill
King Carol
Zee Mire
Sentinel
Myrtle Parsee
W. Washington
Opera
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